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• UN says violence in Kyrgyzstan was orchestrated (AP)
• AP Interview: US teen sailor unfazed by ordeal (AP)
• Attorney for Van der Sloot quits (AP)
• US-Russian crew blasts off to space station (AP)
• "Unjustified and Unjustifiable": Bloody Sunday Inquiry Says Victims Were Innocent (Time.com)
• Flash floods claim three lives in southern France (AFP)
• Hamas TV forced to halt broadcasts to Europe (AP)
• Argentine Nobelist Perez Esquivel recalls torture (AP)
• Football powerhouse Brazil struggle to beat North Korea (AFP)
• Colo. man went on solo mission to kill bin Laden (AP)
• Toronto puts finishing touches on G20 preparation (Reuters)
• Light plane crashes in Sydney neighborhood; 2 dead (AP)
• Immigration court backlog keeps asylum seekers in limbo (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Afghanistan's woeful water management delights neighbors (The Christian Science Monitor)
• An EOD Team Clears IEDs in an Afghanistan Combat Zone (Time.com)
• Polar Heat Bringing Harder Winters (OneWorld.net)

UN says violence in Kyrgyzstan was orchestrated (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 02:39 PM PDT AP - The U.N. has found evidence of bloody intent behind the chaos in Kyrgyzstan that killed hundreds, left the nation's second-biggest city a smoldering ruin and sent more than 100,000 ethnic Uzbeks fleeing.

AP Interview: US teen sailor unfazed by ordeal (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 04:42 PM PDT AP - Yes, she's 16, but Abby Sunderland says she knew what she was doing when she tried to sail around the world alone, and was prepared when it all went wrong in a remote zone of the Indian Ocean.

Attorney for Van der Sloot quits (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 01:49 PM PDT AP - The recently hired Peruvian defense attorney for accused murderer Joran van der Sloot said Tuesday that he's quitting after receiving death threats.

US-Russian crew blasts off to space station (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 03:29 PM PDT AP - Two U.S. astronauts and a Russian crewmate blasted off successfully Wednesday on a mission to the international space station that will see the last ever shuttle visit to the orbiting lab.

"Unjustified and Unjustifiable": Bloody Sunday Inquiry Says Victims Were Innocent (Time.com) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 02:50 PM PDT Time.com - After the longest and most expensive inquiry in British legal history, the families of Northern Ireland's Bloody Sunday victims claim a victory as the report lays the blame on British troops

Flash floods claim three lives in southern France (AFP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 04:34 PM PDT AFP - Heavy rains triggered flash floods in the mountains above France's southern Cote d'Azur region on Tuesday, killing six people, while at least another three were missing, officials said.

Hamas TV forced to halt broadcasts to Europe (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 12:08 PM PDT AP - A France-based satellite provider is halting broadcasts of the Hamas TV channel to Europe and parts of the Arab world because of concerns that it spreads incitement, a station official said Tuesday.

Argentine Nobelist Perez Esquivel recalls torture (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 03:59 PM PDT AP - Adolfo Perez Esquivel, who won the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize for his work exposing abuses during Argentina's military dictatorship, finally testified against his captors Tuesday, describing his torture and crediting international pressure for saving his life.

Football powerhouse Brazil struggle to beat North Korea (AFP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 03:20 PM PDT AFP - Five-time World Cup winners Brazil opened their South Africa 2010 campaign with a workmanlike 2-1 win over Asian minnows North Korea on Tuesday.

Colo. man went on solo mission to kill bin Laden (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 04:29 PM PDT AP - An American construction worker has been detained in the mountains of Pakistan after authorities there found him carrying a sword, pistol and night-vision goggles on a solo mission to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden.

Toronto puts finishing touches on G20 preparation (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 11:14 AM PDT Reuters - Ten days before world leaders arrive for two international summits, a ring of steel and concrete is slowly sealing off the center of Toronto, offering a secure bubble in case peaceful protests get out of hand.

Light plane crashes in Sydney neighborhood; 2 dead (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 01:09 AM PDT AP - Two people were killed after their light plane crashed in a Sydney neighborhood Tuesday, narrowly missing houses and an elementary school. Seven people on the ground were hospitalized for emotional distress.

Immigration court backlog keeps asylum seekers in limbo (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 12:47 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — People who come to the U.S. seeking asylum from persecution are struggling while their cases stall in the backlogged dockets of the nation's immigration courts.

Afghanistan's woeful water management delights neighbors (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - For three springs now Zobair Ahrar has watched helplessly as annual flooding washed away 1,500 square meters of his land â€" about five percent of his property. A former dam designer turned farmer, Mr. Ahrar estimates it would cost $1 million to build a dam that could control the floods eroding the land in his and a hundred other villages.

An EOD Team Clears IEDs in an Afghanistan Combat Zone (Time.com) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 02:50 PM PDT Time.com - TIME's Abigail Hauslohner dodges bullets with a U.S. Explosive Ordnance Disposal team in one of Afghanistan's hottest combat zones

Polar Heat Bringing Harder Winters (OneWorld.net) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 09:44 AM PDT OneWorld.net - OSLO, Jun 15 (IPS) - Last winter's big snowfall and cold temperatures in the eastern United States and Europe were likely caused by the loss of Arctic sea ice, researchers concluded at the International Polar Year Oslo Science Conference in Norway last week.

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